AAO image reference MISC 22. « Previous || Next »
Image and text © 1992-2002, Anglo-Australian Observatory, Photograph by David Malin.
The summit of Siding Spring mountain is dark at night and bright artificial lights are strongly discouraged. However, people have to move around and are obliged to use hand torches (flashlights in the USA). Also, any movement of a vehicle by night is made on parking lights so that no stray light interferes with observations. This activity has been captured on a long-exposure photograph which was made mainly to record the trails of stars rising in the south east of the AAT dome, which is in the foreground. More information on star trail photography is here.
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AAT 5. Star trails southwest of the AAT dome
AAT 6. Star trails around the south celestial pole
MISC 5. Dawn and evening twilights reflected in the AAT dome
MISC 6. Moonset into cloud over the Warrumbungle Range
MISC 7. Star trails around the AAT dome, after Pinatubo sunset
MISC 8. Aurorae Australis
MISC 12. Orion's belt rising over the lights of Coonabarabran
MISC 14. South celestial pole star trails
MISC 13. North celestial pole star trails
MISC 15. North and South celestial poles star trails
MISC 11. Orion star colours, step-focus technique
MISC 16. Southern Cross and Pointers, star colours - step-focus technique, long trails
MISC 23 Southern Cross and Pointers, star colours - step-focus technique, short trails
MISC 18. The view to the north from Siding Spring
MISC 19. Sunset 'star' trail, the track of the setting sun